see attachment W 7 II

This week's assignment is the final, revised draft of your Argument Research

Paper. This final c

opy will demonstrate the argument, writing, and revision techniques

studied in the course and will build upon the steps you have taken in previous weeks

toward

thoroughly and carefully revising your

Argument Research Paper

Download

Argument

Research

Paper

originally composed and submitted in Week 5.

Argument Research Essay Full Assignment with Weekly Building Steps Schedule

*Please note that you will not write the full essay itself

until Week 5. This guidelines sheet is intended

to help you understand how the steps you take in Weeks 1

-

4 feed into the final paper requirements

and to lay out for you the process, in Weeks 5

-

7, of writing and revising the paper.

The Full Essay Assignment

(first full draft due in Week 5, and final draft due in Week 7)

Your Argument Research Paper will present your argumentative claim, or stance, on a specific,

focused, debatable topic. The final draft will demonstrate the argument, writing, and revision

te

chniques studied in the course and will build upon the steps you will have taken in previous weeks

toward thoroughly and carefully revising your Argument Research Paper Draft, originally composed

and submitted in Week 5.

Writing Requirements for the Argument Research Essay First Draft, Due in Week 5, and for the

Argument Essay Final Draft, Due in Week 7

•

Correct use of APA guidelines for the following:

o

Headers with pagination

o

Title Page

o

Margins, spacing, and paragra

ph indentation

o

APA in

-

text citation and referencing for all sources

o

Do not divide your essay into sections.

o

Do not use headings within your paper to indicate changes in topic. While longer APA essays

and particular types of APA writing, such as scho

larly articles, employ APA

-

style bolded headings to

divide portions of the writing, you are writing a shorter academic essay. Your shift from one paragraph

to the next should be signaled through your use of the effective transition and topic sentence rules

we

have practiced.

•

6

-

8 full pages for the essay itself, not including title page or reference

•

Effective structure, including your introduction paragraph, your body paragraphs, and your

conclusion paragraph

•

Use of third

-

person throughout. Focus on t

he topic, not on you nor on the essay. In other

words: no first

-

person “I,” and no referring to the essay, such as “In this essay.”

•

At least 5 scholarly sources visibly used, cited, and referenced

•

Refer to the full Argument Research Essay Rubric (locat

ed in Week 7 Assignment)

Grading: This activity will be graded using the Argument Research Essay Rubric.

Weekly Building Step Assignments:

Week 1: Topic Selection and Proposal Submission with Scholarly Sources

Week 2: Pre

-

writing, Argumentative Essay I

ntroduction and Thesis, an Argumentative Plan, and

Additional Sources

Week 3: Guided Annotated Bibliography: Reading Critically and Practicing Summary, Paraphrase, and

Quotation

Week 5: Full Draft of the Argument Research Essay Submitted to Instructor. Us

e the full Writing

Requirements for the essay assignment as your guide.

Week 6: Peer Review of Full Draft of the Argument Research Essay

Week 7: Submission of Carefully Revised Final Draft of the Argument Research Essay

This week's assignment is the final, revised draft of your Argument Research

Paper. This final copy will demonstrate the argument, writing, and revision techniques

studied in the course and will build upon the steps you have taken in previous weeks

toward thoroughly and carefully revising your Argument Research Paper Download

Argument Research Paperoriginally composed and submitted in Week 5.

Argument Research Essay Full Assignment with Weekly Building Steps Schedule

*Please note that you will not write the full essay itself until Week 5. This guidelines sheet is intended

to help you understand how the steps you take in Weeks 1-4 feed into the final paper requirements

and to lay out for you the process, in Weeks 5-7, of writing and revising the paper.

The Full Essay Assignment (first full draft due in Week 5, and final draft due in Week 7)

Your Argument Research Paper will present your argumentative claim, or stance, on a specific,

focused, debatable topic. The final draft will demonstrate the argument, writing, and revision

techniques studied in the course and will build upon the steps you will have taken in previous weeks

toward thoroughly and carefully revising your Argument Research Paper Draft, originally composed

and submitted in Week 5.

Writing Requirements for the Argument Research Essay First Draft, Due in Week 5, and for the

Argument Essay Final Draft, Due in Week 7

• Correct use of APA guidelines for the following:

o Headers with pagination

o Title Page

o Margins, spacing, and paragraph indentation

o APA in-text citation and referencing for all sources

o Do not divide your essay into sections.

o Do not use headings within your paper to indicate changes in topic. While longer APA essays

and particular types of APA writing, such as scholarly articles, employ APA-style bolded headings to

divide portions of the writing, you are writing a shorter academic essay. Your shift from one paragraph

to the next should be signaled through your use of the effective transition and topic sentence rules we

have practiced.

• 6-8 full pages for the essay itself, not including title page or reference

• Effective structure, including your introduction paragraph, your body paragraphs, and your

conclusion paragraph

• Use of third-person throughout. Focus on the topic, not on you nor on the essay. In other

words: no first-person “I,” and no referring to the essay, such as “In this essay.”

• At least 5 scholarly sources visibly used, cited, and referenced

• Refer to the full Argument Research Essay Rubric (located in Week 7 Assignment)

Grading: This activity will be graded using the Argument Research Essay Rubric.

Weekly Building Step Assignments:

Week 1: Topic Selection and Proposal Submission with Scholarly Sources

Week 2: Pre-writing, Argumentative Essay Introduction and Thesis, an Argumentative Plan, and

Additional Sources

Week 3: Guided Annotated Bibliography: Reading Critically and Practicing Summary, Paraphrase, and

Quotation

Week 5: Full Draft of the Argument Research Essay Submitted to Instructor. Use the full Writing

Requirements for the essay assignment as your guide.

Week 6: Peer Review of Full Draft of the Argument Research Essay

Week 7: Submission of Carefully Revised Final Draft of the Argument Research Essay